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INDIANAPOLIS – The two-second pause said more than the five words that followed.
Here was Indianapolis Colts safety Clayton Geathers, speaking to the media for the first time in five months, mulling a question that sought his confidence level two months after he went under the knife to remove a bulging disc in his neck.
Is he certain he can return to the field in 2017 as the same bruising, versatile player he was the last time we saw him, making the signature defensive play of the Colts’ 2016 season?